Harlan is a given name and a surname which may refer to:

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* Abram D. Harlan (1833–1908), American politician from Pennsylvania *

Bob Harlan Robert Ernest Harlan (born September 9, 1936) is an American former football executive who served as the president of the Green Bay Packers for 19 years. Harlan also held the titles of chairman of the board and chief executive officer for the ...

(born 1936 Robert E. Harlan), American football executive *

Bruce Harlan Bruce Ira Harlan (January 2, 1926 – June 22, 1959) was a diver from the United States and Olympic champion. He represented his native country at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, where he received one gold medal and one silver medal. Harla ...

(1926–1959), American Olympic diver * Byron B. Harlan (1886–1949), American politician * Byron G. Harlan (1861–1936), American singer * Jack Rodney Harlan (1917–1998), American botanist *

James Harlan (Iowa politician) James Harlan (August 26, 1820 – October 5, 1899) was an attorney and politician, a member of the United States Senate, a U.S. Cabinet Secretary at the United States Department of Interior under President Andrew Johnson, and a Federal Judge ...

, (1820–1899), American politician and lawyer *

James Harlan (Kentucky politician) James Harlan (June 22, 1800 – February 18, 1863) was an attorney and politician, a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. He also served as US Attorney for Kentucky and, prior to that, as Kentucky Secretary of State and Attorney General, the first t ...

(1800–1863), American politician and lawyer *

Jan Harlan Jan Harlan (born 5 May 1937) is a German-American executive producer who worked with the director Stanley Kubrick, his brother-in-law, on Kubrick's five films. Life Jan Harlan was born in Karlsruhe in 1937, the son of two opera singers, Frit ...

(born 1937), German-American film director and producer *

John Harlan (announcer) John Henry Harlan (December 21, 1925 – February 27, 2017) was an American television announcer who worked on television projects for over 40 years, particularly game and variety shows. He was from Sonoma County, California. His work included ' ...

(1925–2017), American television announcer *

John Marshall Harlan John Marshall Harlan (June 1, 1833 – October 14, 1911) was an American lawyer and politician who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1877 until his death in 1911. He is often called "The Great Disse ...

(1833–1911), United States Union Army officer and Supreme Court Associate Justice *

John Marshall Harlan II John Marshall Harlan (May 20, 1899 – December 29, 1971) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1955 to 1971. Harlan is usually called John Marshall Harlan II to distinguish hi ...

(1899–1971), American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court *

Josiah Harlan Josiah Harlan, Prince of Ghor (June 12, 1799 – October 1871) was an American adventurer who travelled to Afghanistan and Punjab with the intention of making himself a king. During his travels, he became involved in local politics and factio ...

(1799–1871), American mercenary *

Kevin Harlan Kevin Robert Harlan (born June 21, 1960) is an American television and radio sports announcer, and a 3 time National Sportscaster of Year as voted by his peers. The son of former Green Bay Packers President and CEO Bob Harlan, he broadcasts NF ...

(born 1960), American sportscaster *

Otis Harlan Otis Harlan (December 29, 1865 – January 20, 1940) was an American actor and comedian. He voiced Happy, one of the Seven Dwarfs in the Disney animated film '' Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs''. This made him the earliest born actor to feature ...

(1865–1940), American actor *

Patrick Harlan Patrick Harlan is an American-born Japanese entertainer, comedian, and voice actor. He is known for being a member of the comedy duo, Pakkun Makkun, and is also known by his stage name . Life and career Harlan was born in Colorado, and graduat ...

(born 1970), American-Japanese television presenter *

Peter Harlan Peter Harlan (26 February 1898, Berlin – 13 January 1966, Burg Sternberg/Lippe) was a German multi-instrumentalist and musical instrument maker. In the 1920s he was an employee of the Munich magazine ''Der Gitarrenfreund''. Life and work Pet ...

(1898–1966), German musical instrument maker and lute player *

Richard Harlan Richard Harlan (September 19, 1796 – September 30, 1843) was an American paleontologist, anatomist, and physician. He was the first American to devote significant time and attention to vertebrate paleontology and was one of the most importan ...

(1796–1843), American zoologist *

Russell Harlan Russell B. Harlan, A.S.C. (September 16, 1903 – February 28, 1974) was an American cinematographer. Biography Born in Los Angeles, California, Russell Harlan witnessed the city's development from the construction of its first film studi ...

(1903–1974), American cinematographer * Ryan Harlan (born 1981), American decathlete *

Silas Harlan Silas Harlan (March 17, 1753 – August 19, 1782) was one of the early settlers of Kentucky Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region ...

(1753–1782), American settler and militiaman *

Thomas Harlan Thomas Christoph Harlan (19 February 1929 – 16 October 2010) was a German author and director of French-language films. Life and work Harlan was the son of director Veit Harlan and the actress Hilde Körber. He was born and raised in Berlin. ...

(1929–2010), German film director and writer *

Veit Harlan Veit Harlan (22 September 1899 – 13 April 1964) was a German film director and actor. Harlan reached the high point of his career as a director in the Nazi era; most notably his antisemitic film '' Jud Süß'' (1940) makes him controversial. W ...

(1899–1964), German film director and actor

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Harlan Ala'alatoa Harlan Ala'alatoa (born 7 January 1988) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in 2013. He primarily played in the and at . Playing career Born in Sydney, Alaalatoa played ...

(born 1988), Australian Rugby League player *

Harlan Briggs Harlan Briggs (August 17, 1879 – January 26, 1952) was an American actor and Vaudeville performer who was active from the 1930s until his death in 1952. During the course of his career he appeared on Broadway, in over 100 films, as well a ...

(1879–1952), American actor, vaudeville performer *

Harlan M. Calhoun Harlan M. Calhoun (October 25, 1903 – April 17, 1977)

(1903–1977), justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia *

Harlan Coben Harlan Coben (born January 4, 1962) is an American writer of mystery novels and thrillers. The plots of his novels often involve the resurfacing of unresolved or misinterpreted events in the past, murders, or fatal accidents and have multiple ...

(born 1962), American novelist *

Harlan Cohen Harlan Cohen (November 6, 1934 – March 19, 2020) was an American volleyball coach who led both the United States men's and women's national teams during the mid-1960s. As a player, Cohen was a member of Team USA's volleyball team at the 1965 ...

(1934–2020), American volleyball coach *

Harlan Ellison Harlan Jay Ellison (May 27, 1934 – June 28, 2018) was an American writer, known for his prolific and influential work in New Wave science fiction, New Wave speculative fiction and for his outspoken, combative personality. His published wo ...

(1934–2018), American writer *

Harlan Greene Harlan Greene (born June 19, 1953) is an American writer and historian. He has published both fiction and non-fiction works. He won the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction for his 1991 novel ''What the Dead Remember''. Early life Born in 1953 i ...

(born 1953), American writer and historian *

Harlan Howard Harlan Perry Howard (September 8, 1927 – March 3, 2002) was an American songwriter, principally in country music. In a career spanning six decades, Howard is credited with writing more than 4,000 songs, over 100 of which reached country mus ...

(1927–2001), American country music songwriter * Harlan Hubbard (1900–1988), American artist and author * Harlan Huckleby (born 1957), American football running back * Harlan Lane (1936–2019), American psychologist * Harlan Marbley (1943–2008), American boxer *

Harlan Mills Harlan D. Mills (May 14, 1919 – January 8, 1996) was professor of computer science at the Florida Institute of Technology and founder of Software Engineering Technology, Inc. of Vero Beach, Florida (since acquired by Q-Labs). Mills' cont ...

(1919–1996), American professor of computer science * Harlan F. Stone (1872–1946), U.S. Supreme Court Justice * Harlan K. Ullman (born 1941), United States military officer and political author * Jessie Harlan Lincoln (1875–1948), granddaughter of United States President Abraham Lincoln

Fictional characters

* Harlan (Stargate), an artificial intelligence in the ''Stargate SG-1'' episode "Tin Man" * Harlan Rook, in the 1988 film ''The Dead Pool'' * Harlan Jane Eagleton, in Gayl Jones's 1998 novel ''The Healing'' * Harlan Draka, in the Italian comic book series '' Dampyr'' * Harlan Traub, in ''House of Cards'' * Harlan Thrombey, in the 2019 film ''

Knives Out ''Knives Out'' is a 2019 American mystery film written and directed by Rian Johnson. Daniel Craig leads an eleven-actor ensemble cast as Benoit Blanc, a famed private detective who is summoned to investigate the death of the bestselling autho ...

'' * Harlan, an AI terrorist and antagonist of the 2024 film ''

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Simu Liu Simu Liu ( ; ; born 19 April 1989) is a Canadian actor. He rose to prominence by starring as Shang-Chi in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film ''Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings'' (2021). Liu was born in Harbin and raised in Ontario. ...

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